#1: Things that really scared you or bothered you at a kid (that weren't scary)

My sister just texted me to tell me my darling baby niece is scared of Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast. I laughed because I can remember being scared or bothered by things that were neither scary nor bothersome.

The one that comes to mind is that song "Do You Know Where You're Going To," by Diana Ross. Any time it'd come on the radio I'd clap my hands over my ears and yell, "Turn it!! Hurry! Hurry!"

What about you?

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My sister just texted me to tell me my darling baby niece is scared of Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast. I laughed because I can remember being scared or bothered by things that were neither scary nor bothersome.

The one that comes to mind is that song "Do You Know Where You're Going To," by Diana Ross. Any time it'd come on the radio I'd clap my hands over my ears and yell, "Turn it!! Hurry! Hurry!"

Lite Bright, a toy from the 70s (the issue started with the silly jingle in the commercial and then grew into fear of the toy itself);

A very tall Orthodox Jewish business associate of my father's. Whenever he'd come over, he'd ask to hold me, and then he'd lift me up above his own head, and I'd panic. I started hiding in my closet whenever I thought he'd come around. I think his name was Liebisch? The black clothes and his black facial hair scared me silly, which is weird, because my father had black hair, too. Maybe it was the hat?

Chucky...I know he was suppose to be scary but I saw it was I was like 6 and then had to sleep in a room full of dolls!!...I thought they were going to come alive and kill me...my cousin was babysitting and let me watch it.

The evil queen from Snow White

I had a doll that crawled towards me then fell and cried mama and when that thing was crawling toward me I screamed and ran like the wind.